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Day: August 8, 2025

ENDURING HOPE FROM NAGASAKI

Thoughts + HomilyAugust 8, 2025

Turn on the news any given day, and you can’t escape the headlines — war dragging on in Ukraine, heartbreak unfolding in Gaza and Israel, conflict simmering in so many corners of the world.  Sometimes…

THE DEVILS LOGIC – A Lenten Warning

Thoughts + HomilyMarch 8, 2025

The devil is a master of logic.  Not real logic, mind you, but the kind that sounds absolutely reasonable in the moment – the kind that makes you nod your head and think, "Well, when…

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About

Fr. Jim Chern has been a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark since 1999.

He graduated with his master’s in theology from Seton Hall University. After his graduation he was assigned to Our Lady of Lourdes parish where he served as Parochial Vicar for 7 years.

In 2007 he was named director of the Newman Catholic Center at Montclair State University where he still serves.

In 2018 Fr. Jim was additionally named Archdiocesan Director of Campus Ministry by Cardinal Joseph Tobin.

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